How to filter specific apps for ACTION SEND intent and set a different text for each app

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How can you filter out specific apps when using the ACTION SEND intent   This question has been asked in various ways  but I haven t been able to gather a solution based on the answers given  Hopefully someone can help  I would like to provide the ability to share within an app  Following Android Dev Alexander Lucas  advice  I d prefer to do it using intents and not using the Facebook Twitter APIs      Sharing using the ACTION SEND intent is great  but the problem is  1  I don t want every sharing option there  I d rather limit it to FB  Twitter  and Email  and  2  I don t want to share the same thing to each sharing app  For example  in my twitter share I m going to include some mentions and hashtags limited it to 140 chars or less  while the facebook share is going to include a link and a feature image   Is it possible to limit the options for ACTION SEND  share  intent  I ve seen something about using PackageManager and queryIntentActivities  but haven t been able to figure out the connection between the PackageManager and the ACTION SEND intent   OR  Rather than filter the sharing apps  my problem could also be solved if I could use the ACTION SEND intent to go directly to facebook or twitter rather than popping up the dialog  If that were the case then I could create my own dialog and when they click  Facebook  create a Facebook-specific intent and just send them all the way to Facebook  Same with Twitter   OR is it not possible  Are the Facebook and Twitter APIs the only way

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Found a solution that works for me looking here (see the third comment on the first answer). This code looks for a valid twitter client and uses it to post the tweet. Note: It does not give you an Intent with the various Twitter clients and allow you to choose.

Share using twitter:

Intent shareIntent = findTwitterClient(); 
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "test");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share"));

Calling this method:

public Intent findTwitterClient() {
    final String[] twitterApps = {
            // package // name - nb installs (thousands)
            "com.twitter.android", // official - 10 000
            "com.twidroid", // twidroid - 5 000
            "com.handmark.tweetcaster", // Tweecaster - 5 000
            "com.thedeck.android" }; // TweetDeck - 5 000 };
    Intent tweetIntent = new Intent();
    tweetIntent.setType("text/plain");
    final PackageManager packageManager = getPackageManager();
    List<ResolveInfo> list = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(
            tweetIntent, PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);

    for (int i = 0; i < twitterApps.length; i++) {
        for (ResolveInfo resolveInfo : list) {
            String p = resolveInfo.activityInfo.packageName;
            if (p != null && p.startsWith(twitterApps[i])) {
                tweetIntent.setPackage(p);
                return tweetIntent;
            }
        }
    }

    return null;
}

Facebook will be similar using "com.facebook.katana", although you still can't set the message text (deprecated July 2011).

Code source: Intent to open twitter client on Android

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If you want a customized option then you should not rely on the default dialog provided by android for this action   What you need to do instead is roll out your own  You will need to query the PackageManager on which packages handle the action you require and then based on the reply  you apply filtering and customized text   Specifically  take a look at the method queryIntentActivities of the PackageManager class  You build the intent that would launch the default dialog  the ACTION SEND intent   pass that to this method and you will receive a list of objects that contain info on the activities that can handle that intent  Using that  you can choose the ones you want   Once you build your list of packages you want to present  you need to build your own list dialog  preferably an activity with the dialog theme  which will display that list   One thing to note though is that it s very hard to make that custom dialog look like the default one  The problem is that the theme used in that dialog is an internal theme and cannot be used by your application  You can either try to make it as similar to the native one as you want or go for a completely custom look  many apps do that like the gallery app etc

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This solution shows a list of applications in a ListView dialog that resembles the chooser     It is up to you to    obtain the list of relevant application packages given a package name  invoke the relevant intent   The adapter class   import java util List   import android content Context  import android content pm ApplicationInfo  import android content pm PackageManager  import android content pm PackageManager NameNotFoundException  import android graphics drawable Drawable  import android util TypedValue  import android view View  import android view ViewGroup  import android widget ArrayAdapter  import android widget TextView   public class ChooserArrayAdapter extends ArrayAdapter lt String gt        PackageManager mPm      int mTextViewResourceId      List lt String gt  mPackages       public ChooserArrayAdapter Context context  int resource  int textViewResourceId  List lt String gt  packages            super context  resource  textViewResourceId  packages           mPm   context getPackageManager            mTextViewResourceId   textViewResourceId          mPackages   packages              Override     public View getView int position  View convertView  ViewGroup parent            String pkg   mPackages get position           View view   super getView position  convertView  parent            try               ApplicationInfo ai   mPm getApplicationInfo pkg  0                CharSequence appName   mPm getApplicationLabel ai               Drawable appIcon   mPm getApplicationIcon pkg                TextView textView    TextView  view findViewById mTextViewResourceId               textView setText appName               textView setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds appIcon  null  null  null               textView setCompoundDrawablePadding  int  TypedValue applyDimension TypedValue COMPLEX UNIT DIP  12  getContext   getResources   getDisplayMetrics                catch  NameNotFoundException e                e printStackTrace                       return view             and its usage       void doXxxButton             final List lt String gt  packages                if  packages size    gt  1                ArrayAdapter lt String gt  adapter   new ChooserArrayAdapter MyActivity this  android R layout select dialog item  android R id text1  packages                new AlertDialog Builder MyActivity this               setTitle R string app list title               setAdapter adapter  new DialogInterface OnClickListener                     public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int item                         invokeApplication packages get item                                                  show              else if  packages size      1                invokeApplication packages get 0                         void invokeApplication String packageName               given a package name  create an intent and fill it with data                     startActivityForResult intent  rq

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You can try the code below  it works perfectly   Here we share to some specific apps  that are Facebook  Messenger  Twitter  Google Plus and Gmail   public void shareIntentSpecificApps             List lt Intent gt  intentShareList   new ArrayList lt Intent gt             Intent shareIntent   new Intent            shareIntent setAction Intent ACTION SEND           shareIntent setType  text plain            List lt ResolveInfo gt  resolveInfoList   getPackageManager   queryIntentActivities shareIntent  0            for  ResolveInfo resInfo   resolveInfoList                String packageName   resInfo activityInfo packageName              String name   resInfo activityInfo name              Log d TAG   Package Name       packageName               Log d TAG   Name       name                if  packageName contains  com facebook                          packageName contains  com twitter android                          packageName contains  com google android apps plus                          packageName contains  com google android gm                       if  name contains  com twitter android DMActivity                          continue                                     Intent intent   new Intent                    intent setComponent new ComponentName packageName  name                    intent setAction Intent ACTION SEND                   intent setType  text plain                    intent putExtra Intent EXTRA SUBJECT   Your Subject                    intent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT   Your Content                    intentShareList add intent                                    if  intentShareList isEmpty                  Toast makeText MainActivity this   No apps to share     Toast LENGTH SHORT  show              else               Intent chooserIntent   Intent createChooser intentShareList remove 0    Share via                chooserIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA INITIAL INTENTS  intentShareList toArray new Parcelable                    startActivity chooserIntent

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Try this one for sharing only three apps-Facebook  Twitter  KakaoStory   public void onShareClick View v       List lt Intent gt  targetShareIntents new ArrayList lt Intent gt         Intent shareIntent new Intent        shareIntent setAction Intent ACTION SEND       shareIntent setType  text plain        List lt ResolveInfo gt  resInfos getPackageManager   queryIntentActivities shareIntent  0       if  resInfos isEmpty             System out println  Have package            for ResolveInfo resInfo   resInfos               String packageName resInfo activityInfo packageName              Log i  Package Name   packageName               if packageName contains  com twitter android      packageName contains  com facebook katana      packageName contains  com kakao story                     Intent intent new Intent                    intent setComponent new ComponentName packageName  resInfo activityInfo name                    intent setAction Intent ACTION SEND                   intent setType  text plain                    intent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT   Text                    intent putExtra Intent EXTRA SUBJECT   Subject                    intent setPackage packageName                   targetShareIntents add intent                                   if  targetShareIntents isEmpty                 System out println  Have Intent                Intent chooserIntent Intent createChooser targetShareIntents remove 0    Choose app to share                chooserIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA INITIAL INTENTS  targetShareIntents toArray new Parcelable                    startActivity chooserIntent            else              System out println  Do not Have Intent                showDialaog this

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Thanks to  dacoinminster  I make some modifications to his answer including package names of the popular apps and sorting of those apps   List lt Intent gt  targetShareIntents   new ArrayList lt Intent gt     Intent shareIntent   new Intent    shareIntent setAction Intent ACTION SEND   shareIntent setType  text plain    PackageManager pm   getActivity   getPackageManager    List lt ResolveInfo gt  resInfos   pm queryIntentActivities shareIntent  0   if   resInfos isEmpty          System out println  Have package        for  ResolveInfo resInfo   resInfos            String packageName   resInfo activityInfo packageName          Log i  Package Name   packageName            if  packageName contains  com twitter android      packageName contains  com facebook katana                      packageName contains  com whatsapp      packageName contains  com google android apps plus                      packageName contains  com google android talk      packageName contains  com slack                      packageName contains  com google android gm      packageName contains  com facebook orca                      packageName contains  com yahoo mobile      packageName contains  com skype raider                      packageName contains  com android mms     packageName contains  com linkedin android                      packageName contains  com google android apps messaging                  Intent intent   new Intent                 intent setComponent new ComponentName packageName  resInfo activityInfo name                intent putExtra  AppName   resInfo loadLabel pm  toString                 intent setAction Intent ACTION SEND               intent setType  text plain                intent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT   https   website com                 intent putExtra Intent EXTRA SUBJECT  getString R string share text                intent setPackage packageName               targetShareIntents add intent                       if   targetShareIntents isEmpty              Collections sort targetShareIntents  new Comparator lt Intent gt                   Override             public int compare Intent o1  Intent o2                    return o1 getStringExtra  AppName   compareTo o2 getStringExtra  AppName                                       Intent chooserIntent   Intent createChooser targetShareIntents remove 0    Select app to share            chooserIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA INITIAL INTENTS  targetShareIntents toArray new Parcelable                startActivity chooserIntent         else           Toast makeText getActivity     No app to share    Toast LENGTH LONG  show

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The cleanest way is to copy the following classes  ShareActionProvider  ActivityChooserView  ActivityChooserModel   Add the ability to filter the intents in the ActivityChooserModel  and the appropriate support methods in the ShareActionProvider  I created the necessary classes  you can copy them into your project  https   gist github com saulpower 10557956   This not only adds the ability to filter the apps you would like to share with  if you know the package name   but also to turn off history   private final String   INTENT FILTER   new String          com twitter android        com facebook katana       Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu        MenuInflater inflater   getMenuInflater        inflater inflate R menu journal entry menu  menu           Set up ShareActionProvider s default share intent     MenuItem shareItem   menu findItem R id action share        if  shareItem instanceof SupportMenuItem            mShareActionProvider   new ShareActionProvider this           mShareActionProvider setShareIntent ShareUtils share mJournalEntry            mShareActionProvider setIntentFilter Arrays asList INTENT FILTER            mShareActionProvider setShowHistory false             SupportMenuItem  shareItem  setSupportActionProvider mShareActionProvider              return super onCreateOptionsMenu menu

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To my knowledge  StackOverflow has lots of people asking this question in various ways  but nobody has answered it completely yet   My spec called for the user to be able to choose email  twitter  facebook  or SMS  with custom text for each one  Here is how I accomplished that   public void onShareClick View v        Resources resources   getResources         Intent emailIntent   new Intent        emailIntent setAction Intent ACTION SEND          Native email client doesn t currently support HTML  but it doesn t hurt to try in case they fix it     emailIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT  Html fromHtml resources getString R string share email native         emailIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA SUBJECT  resources getString R string share email subject        emailIntent setType  message rfc822         PackageManager pm   getPackageManager        Intent sendIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND            sendIntent setType  text plain          Intent openInChooser   Intent createChooser emailIntent  resources getString R string share chooser text         List lt ResolveInfo gt  resInfo   pm queryIntentActivities sendIntent  0       List lt LabeledIntent gt  intentList   new ArrayList lt LabeledIntent gt                 for  int i   0  i  lt  resInfo size    i                 Extract the label  append it  and repackage it in a LabeledIntent         ResolveInfo ri   resInfo get i           String packageName   ri activityInfo packageName          if packageName contains  android email                  emailIntent setPackage packageName             else if packageName contains  twitter      packageName contains  facebook      packageName contains  mms      packageName contains  android gm                  Intent intent   new Intent                intent setComponent new ComponentName packageName  ri activityInfo name                intent setAction Intent ACTION SEND               intent setType  text plain                if packageName contains  twitter                      intent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT  resources getString R string share twitter                  else if packageName contains  facebook                         Warning  Facebook IGNORES our text  They say  These fields are intended for users to express themselves  Pre-filling these fields erodes the authenticity of the user voice                      One workaround is to use the Facebook SDK to post  but that doesn t allow the user to choose how they want to share  We can also make a custom landing page  and the link                    will show the  lt meta content        gt  text from that page with our link in Facebook                  intent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT  resources getString R string share facebook                  else if packageName contains  mms                      intent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT  resources getString R string share sms                  else if packageName contains  android gm         If Gmail shows up twice  try removing this else-if clause and the reference to  android gm  above                 intent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT  Html fromHtml resources getString R string share email gmail                     intent putExtra Intent EXTRA SUBJECT  resources getString R string share email subject                                   intent setType  message rfc822                               intentList add new LabeledIntent intent  packageName  ri loadLabel pm   ri icon                            convert intentList to array     LabeledIntent   extraIntents   intentList toArray  new LabeledIntent  intentList size            openInChooser putExtra Intent EXTRA INITIAL INTENTS  extraIntents       startActivity openInChooser              I found bits of how to do this in various places  but I haven t seen all of it in one place anywhere else   Note that this method also hides all the silly options that I don t want  like sharing over wifi and bluetooth   Hope this helps someone   Edit   In a comment  I was asked to explain what this code is doing  Basically  it s creating an ACTION SEND intent for the native email client ONLY  then tacking other intents onto the chooser  Making the original intent email-specific gets rid of all the extra junk like wifi and bluetooth  then I grab the other intents I want from a generic ACTION SEND of type plain-text  and tack them on before showing the chooser   When I grab the additional intents  I set custom text for each one   Edit2  It s been awhile since I posted this  and things have changed a bit  If you are seeing gmail twice in the list of options  try removing the special handling for  android gm  as suggested in a comment by  h k below   Since this one answer is the source of nearly all my stackoverflow reputation points  I have to at least try to keep it up to date

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I have improved  dacoinminster answer and this is the result with an example to share your app      Intents with SEND action PackageManager packageManager   context getPackageManager    Intent sendIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND   sendIntent setType  text plain    List lt ResolveInfo gt  resolveInfoList   packageManager queryIntentActivities sendIntent  0    List lt LabeledIntent gt  intentList   new ArrayList lt LabeledIntent gt     Resources resources   context getResources     for  int j   0  j  lt  resolveInfoList size    j          ResolveInfo resolveInfo   resolveInfoList get j       String packageName   resolveInfo activityInfo packageName      Intent intent   new Intent        intent setAction Intent ACTION SEND       intent setComponent new ComponentName packageName      resolveInfo activityInfo name        intent setType  text plain         if  packageName contains  twitter              intent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT  resources getString R string twitter     https   play google com store apps details id     context getPackageName           else              skip android mail and gmail to avoid adding to the list twice         if  packageName contains  android email      packageName contains  android gm                  continue                    intent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT  resources getString R string largeTextForFacebookWhatsapp     https   play google com store apps details id     context getPackageName                intentList add new LabeledIntent intent  packageName  resolveInfo loadLabel packageManager   resolveInfo icon       Intent emailIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SENDTO  Uri parse  mailto      emailIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA SUBJECT  resources getString R string subjectForMailApps    emailIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT  resources getString R string largeTextForMailApps     https   play google com store apps details id     context getPackageName      context startActivity Intent createChooser emailIntent  resources getString R string compartirEn   putExtra Intent EXTRA INITIAL INTENTS  intentList toArray new LabeledIntent intentList size

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So simple and concise  Thanks to the Open source developer  cketti for sharing this solution   String mailto    mailto bob example org          cc      alice example com          amp subject     Uri encode subject          amp body     Uri encode bodyText    Intent emailIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SENDTO   emailIntent setData Uri parse mailto     try     startActivity emailIntent     catch  ActivityNotFoundException e        TODO  Handle case where no email app is available     And this is the link to his her gist

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I had same problem and this accepted solution didn t helped me  if someone has same problem you can use my code snippet      example of filtering and sharing multiple images with texts    remove facebook from sharing intents private void shareFilter         String share   getShareTexts        ArrayList lt Uri gt  uris   getImageUris         List lt Intent gt  targets   new ArrayList lt  gt         Intent template   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND MULTIPLE       template setType  image          List lt ResolveInfo gt  candidates   getActivity   getPackageManager                queryIntentActivities template  0           remove facebook which has a broken share intent     for  ResolveInfo candidate   candidates            String packageName   candidate activityInfo packageName          if   packageName equals  com facebook katana                  Intent target   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND MULTIPLE               target setType  image                  target putParcelableArrayListExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM uris               target putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT  share               target setPackage packageName               targets add target                       Intent chooser   Intent createChooser targets remove 0    Share Via        chooser putExtra Intent EXTRA INITIAL INTENTS  targets toArray new Parcelable targets size           startActivity chooser

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Intent emailIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SENDTO       Uri fromParts  mailto    android gmail com   null    emailIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA SUBJECT  text   startActivity Intent createChooser emailIntent   Send email

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